Jakob Fahr

• Biodiversity Journal, 6 (2): 597-632 - MONOGRAPH

  Napoko Malika Kangoyé, Adama Ouéda, Laurent Granjon, Adjima Thiombiano, Wendengoudi Guenda & Jakob Fahr
  Diversity and distribution of bats (Mammalia Chiroptera) in Burkina Faso

  ABSTRACT
  Herein we review available information on the bat fauna of Burkina Faso, synthesizing data on a considerable number of museum specimens collected in the country between 1964 and 2010. We aim to give an exhaustive review of the locally occurring taxa and their distribution overlaid on different phytogeographic areas. To achieve this objectives, available information about bats in Burkina Faso were gathered to a database from scientific publications and museums from 1964 to 1993. This database was complemented by new field collections from 2002 to 2009. In total, 3,480 bat specimens, collected over a period of 46 years from 164 localities and belonging to 51 species, were examined. The different taxa are distributed into 24 genera and nine families. The fauna includes the following families: Pteropodidae (seven species), Hipposideridae (seven species), Emballonuridae (three species), Nycteridae (five species) and Molossidae (six species) and occur in all phytogeographical zones in Burkina Faso. However, Rhinolophidae (three species) were absent in the North-Sahelian zone but occur in the other parts of the country. Similarly, Vespertilionidae (17 species) were absent in the South-Sahelian. Rhinopomatidae (two species) were only present in the extreme north and the extreme south of the country, while the Megadermatidae (one species) were present only in the Sudanian zone.

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